| 词条 | Mabel Landrum Torrey |
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| bgcolour = | name = Mabel Landrum Torrey | image =File:2006-03-30_Wynken.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Torrey's Wynken, Blynken and Nod Fountain in Denver, Colorado | birth_name = Mabel Landrum | birth_date ={{birth date|mf=y|1886|6|23}} | birth_place =Sterling, Colorado, U.S. | death_date ={{death date and age|1974|4|1|1886|6|23}} | death_place =Ames, Iowa, U.S. | nationality =American | spouse =Fred Torrey | field =Sculpture | training = Art Institute of Chicago | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = | elected = | website = }} Mabel Landrum Torrey (June 23, 1886 – April 1, 1974) was an American sculptor best known for her statuettes and sculptures of children. A number of her works were inspired by the poetry of Eugene Field. Early life and educationTorrey was born in a sod-roofed house in Sterling, Colorado in 1886.[1] Her father was a local judge.{{sfn|Molloy|2001|p=883}} She studied at the Colorado State College of Education where one day an art teacher looked at a bust she was modeling and said, "You are a sculptor." She then worked as a schoolteacher in her hometown of Sterling.{{sfn|Molloy|2001|p=883}} [2] Upon saving enough money, however, she traveled to Chicago to study sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 1912.{{sfn|Molloy|2001|p=883}}[3] Her teachers there included sculptor Charles Mulligan.[1] The training provided at SAIC was strongly classical, and focused on "diligent training until one could manipulate clay into idealized human forms that conveyed abstract concepts."{{sfn|Molloy|2001|p=883}} In 1916, she married Fred Torrey, who was also a student in sculpture at SAIC. They moved into Lorado Taft's Midway Studios.{{sfn|Molloy|2001|p=884}} At that time Torrey taught modeling at the Francis Parker School).[4] The Torreys' only child, Elizabeth Jane Torrey, was born on October 5, 1920.[5] "Betty", as she was called, was to serve as the model for at least 14 of Torrey's sculptures.[4] The Torreys resided at Midway Studios until the artist's colony dissolved in 1947.{{sfn|Molloy|2001|pp=884-885}} Artistic careerTorrey received her first major commission from the Mayor Robert W. Speer of Denver, Colorado in 1918.{{sfn|Molloy|2001|p=884}}[6] The resulting work, the "Wynken, Blynken and Nod Fountain", was dedicated in 1919 in Denver's Washington Park.{{sfn|Molloy|2001|p=884}} The sculpture, which was based on the Eugene Field poem "Dutch Lullaby", remains a major Denver landmark. In the 1930 edition of his History of American Sculpture, Lorado Taft described the fountain as Torrey's most important work.{{sfn|Molloy|2001|p=885}} Unlike her husband, Torrey did not become an "associated artist" of Taft's Midway Studios.{{sfn|Molloy|2001|p=885}} She nonetheless maintained a steady stream of sculpture commissions while also lecturing actively.{{sfn|Molloy|2001|pp=884-885}} Torrey also produced numerous statuettes based on her sculptures.{{sfn|Molloy|2001|p=884}} When the Torreys moved to Des Moines, Iowa at their daughter's urging in 1957, Torrey was able to turn this into a profitable business by connecting with a local manufacturer of art porcelain.{{sfn|Molloy|2001|p=885}} Torrey's final sculpture, dedicated in 1961, was a collaboration with her husband, and one of the few sculptures on which the two collaborated.{{sfn|Molloy|2001|p=885}} Commissioned by the Iowa group "Friends of Lincoln," it depicts Abraham Lincoln reading to his son Tad.[7] The sculpture of the father was done by Fred Torrey, while the sculpture of Tad was done by Mabel.[7] References1. ^1 {{Cite web | url = http://dsmpublicartfoundation.org/artist/fred-torrey/ | title = Fred Torrey | author = Des Moines Public Art Foundation | accessdate = 2016-03-05 }} 2. ^Hamlin, Gladys E., The Sculpture of Fred and Mabel Torrey, photographs by Fred Torrey, Borden Publishing Company, Alhambra, California, 1969 p. ix 3. ^Hamlin, Gladys E., The Sculpture of Fred and Mabel Torrey, photographs by Fred Torrey, Borden Publishing Company, Alhambra, California, 1969 p. x 4. ^1 Francis W. Parker School (Chicago) p. x 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/gazette/obituary.aspx?n=elizabeth-torrey-sun&pid=144349783|title=Elizabeth Sun Obituary|newspaper=Colorado Springs Gazette|date=2010-07-29|accessdate=2016-03-05}} 6. ^{{Cite book|title=Denver's Washington Park | page = 68 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=sRutBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA68 | isbn = 9781439644874 | author = Sarah O. McCarthy | year = 2014}} 7. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://dsmpublicartfoundation.org/public-artwork/lincoln-and-tad/|author=Des Moines Public Art Foundation|accessdate=2016-03-05|title=Lincoln and Tad}}
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